“Our mission is to transform global resilience to extreme risks”In its own words: longtermresilience.org
Independent London think tank helping governments and other institutions build resilience to extreme risks, focusing on AI risk, biological risk and government risk management.
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Received $12M from 6 funders
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Led by Angus Mercer (Founder & Chief Executive), Hamish Hobbs (Director of AI Policy)Checked 26 Oct 2026
Money flows
Where its money came from and where it went. Pick years and what to show; hover a box or ribbon for details, click one to focus it, click the background to see everything.
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14 grants totalling $12M, newest first.
2026 2 grants · $532k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2026 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $432k | SFF-2026 Main Round: General support of the Centre for Long-Term Resilience (base amount; the $650,000 conditional matching pledge is a separate row) source |
| Jun 2026 | Founders Pledge | $100k | 24-month pilot for UK AI safety and biosecurity strategic comms: polling, newsroom, coordination source |
2025 1 grant · $527k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $527k | SFF-2025: General support (base amount; the $38,000 conditional matching pledge is a separate row) source |
2024 6 grants · $6.6M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Dec 2024 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $973k | Paid by Jaan Tallinn via Founders Pledge (UK): General support source |
| Aug 2024 | Coefficient Giving | $5.1M | General Support source |
| 19 Jul 2024 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $100k | SFF speculation grant: General support for the Centre for Long-Term Resilience; receiving charity Founders Pledge source |
| 19 Jul 2024 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $10k | SFF speculation grant: General support for the Centre for Long-Term Resilience; receiving charity Founders Pledge source |
| Mar 2024 | Lightspeed Grants | $227k | Lightspeed 2023 (paid by Jaan Tallinn): General support — LSG project: Centre for Long-Term Resilience source |
| 2024 | Longview Philanthropy | $150k | Advising on biosecurity & AI policy. ECF 2024 Annual Report grants table. CLTR (formerly Alpenglow) is also a long-standing Longview featured grantee (see separate entry). — Emerging Challenges Fund source |
2023 2 grants · $1.3M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Aug 2023 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $577k | SFF speculation grant: General support for the Centre for Long-Term Resilience; receiving charity Founders Pledge source |
| 2023 | Future of Life Institute | $769k | General support for a UK think tank improving governance of extreme risks — 2023 Grants source |
2022 1 grant · $908k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $908k | SFF-2022-H1: General support; receiving charity The Centre for Effective Altruism source |
2021 2 grants · $1.9M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $1M | SFF-2021-H1: General support; receiving charity The Centre for Effective Altruism source |
| 2021 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $885k | SFF-2021-H2: General support; receiving charity The Centre for Effective Altruism source |